Click on the name of each person below to obtain a description of their qualifications and listing of the seminars and consultations that they can provide.

Michael Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Wayne State University. Dr. Peterson is Coordinator of the Whole Schooling Consortium, an international network of schools, faculty, teachers, and administrators dedicated to creating schools and classroom based on both excellence and equity, where students of substantial difference learn well together. Michael has worked with numerous schools in the Detroit metropolitan area in school reform and renewal and serves on the Executive Committee of the Michigan Network for Inclusive Schooling. He is employed as a Professor in the College of Education at Wayne State University where he teaches courses related to inclusive teaching and transition from school to adult life. Michael is author of numerous articles and publications, including the recently published, Inclusive teaching: Creating effective schools for all learners (Allyn and Bacon, 2003), a book published jointly with his teacher-daugher-colleage, Mishael Hittie. VITAE.

 
Sydney Gurewitz Clemens Sydney Gurewitz Clemens, an early childhood teacher for more than thirty years, is a workshop presenter on topics which involve hot cognition: children learning through things they are passionate about. These topics can be from the world of intellect: early literacy, creativity, and many aspects of the work being done in Reggio Emilia, but they can also be from life's painful parts, including divorce, death & dying, and parents in prison.. She is the author of two books, Pay Attention to the Children: Lessons for Teachers and Parents from Sylvia Ashton-Warner , and The Sun's Not Broken, A Cloud's Just in the Way: On Child-Centered Teaching .

Jan Colliton, Educational Consultant, living in Highland, Michigan. Dr. Colliton served public education for over 32 years working as a classroom teacher, staff development coordinator, principal of two state and national Blue Ribbon Schools, and as assistant superintendent of instructional services in a large district. Throughout her career she focused on creating classrooms/schools that embraced all children focusing on meeting the individual needs of each student. Currently, she is an educational consultant providing staff development services customized for client districts, a North Central Association (NCA) Michigan Regional Representative and Ambassador, and a member Michigan State University College of Education Alumni Board. Her passion is working with others to build inclusive schools and teaching practices based on principles of univsersal education inherent in the Principles of Whole Schooling. To that end she works with the Whole Schooling Consortium and Everyone Together Advisory Committee to advocate for inclusion.

Andrew Johnson, Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Holistic Education in the Department of Educational Studies: Special Populations at Minnesota State University, Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota. He specializes in holistic education, gifted education, literacy instruction, strategies for the inclusive classroom, thinking skills, and spirituality. He is also Director of the Center for Gifted Education where he teaches courses related to gifted education. He worked for 9 years in the public schools as a second grade teacher and as a gifted education coordinator before moving into higher education. Currently, his areas of interest include spirituality in education, spiritual intelligence, action research, and academic and creative writing.

Dr. Johnson is the author of numerous books and articles. His most recent books include The Inner Curriculum: Classroom Activities to Develop Emotional Intelligence (Royal Fireworks Press), Teaching Elementary and Middle Schools Social Studies (Sage Publications), and A Short Guide to Action Research 2/e (Allyn and Bacon). Vitae.

 

Tim Loreman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Concordia University College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Co-editor, International Journal of Whole Schooling Dr. Loreman has taught in a variety of special and regular classroom settings in both Australia and Canada, and held a tenured position in the Faculty of Education at Monash University until returning to Canada in 2003. His professional interests include educational psychology and elementary education, and his research and publications have been focused largely on the subject of inclusion. Tim has consulted widely in schools in Victoria, Australia, and has delivered both professional development sessions for staff, as well as practical consultative assistance. Tim's co-authored book Inclusive education: A practical guide to supporting diversity in the classroom published byAllen and Unwin in August of 2004.